“I wonder why the mission space was delayed until now,” Li Miaomiao said. “Jingming, what do you think the mission space will be like?”

“Judging from the name, it should be giving us missions?” Xu Jingming said.

“It shouldn't be that simple.” Li Miaomiao pondered, glanced at the time, and immediately got up and walked to the bedroom, “Let's go, let's go, let's not chat here, let's go online quickly.”

Xu Jingming also got up and followed her into the bedroom. They both lay on the bed and put on their virtual helmets.

“I always feel like this mission space will have a big surprise.” Li Miaomiao turned to look at Xu Jingming, who was lying next to her.

“We’ll find out in a moment.” Xu Jingming smiled, gently touched the virtual helmet's start button. The metal pieces inside the helmet touched his scalp, his scalp tingled slightly, and his consciousness rapidly sank.

******

Virtual world personal space, the summit of a snow mountain.

Xu Jingming sat leisurely in the living room and opened his personal panel. The mission space option was still gray and could not be opened, but an opening countdown had appeared.

“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3… 2… 1!” Xu Jingming watched the countdown. When the countdown ended, the mission space, like the battle space, could be opened.

“Enter.”

Xu Jingming clicked lightly and went directly to the mission space.

At this moment, countless people around the world were in the virtual world, clicking to enter the mission space.

Whoosh.

Xu Jingming appeared in the high sky of a world, overlooking the earth.

“This is the mission space?” Xu Jingming looked down at the earth. The earth was vast, and more than 99% of the area was covered by black mist. Only a central area could be seen clearly, where there was a towering tower.

Xu Jingming fell like a shooting star, landing in front of the tower.

“This tower must be several thousand meters high. The tallest building in reality isn't this exaggerated.” Xu Jingming was in front of the tower, looking up, feeling extremely shocked.

It felt even more majestic than any mountain in reality.

Alone, Xu Jingming walked to the main entrance of the tower. Next to the main entrance, words began to appear on the tower wall.

“Personal Mission Item 1: Conquer the Star Tower.”

“The Star Tower has a total of seven levels.”

“The top 100 in the world to pass the third level will be listed on the Star Ranking. The ranking will show the name and nationality. First place: a prize of 500 million Blue Star coins. Second to tenth place: a prize of 100 million Blue Star coins. 11th to 100th place: a prize of 10 million Blue Star coins.”

“The rewards for the fourth and fifth levels are equivalent to the third level.”

“The rewards for the sixth and seventh levels are unknown (not public).”

“Everyone can try to conquer the Star Tower an unlimited number of times.”

Xu Jingming looked at the words and thought, “Conquering the Star Tower is the first item of the personal mission, which means that there may be second and third personal mission items in the future, and there may even be team missions.”

“However, there is a lot of prize money, more than the World Martial Arts Competition.” Xu Jingming was also quite tempted.

The World Martial Arts Competition had a champion prize of 500 million in cash. But the runner-up was only 100 million, and the rewards for the third place and beyond continued to decline, with only consolation prizes for the group stage. The Star Tower’s prize money for just the third level was 100 million for those ranked 2nd to 10th, and even up to 100th place received a 10 million prize.

……

“Global public ranking? Who is the world's number one, who is the world's number two, wouldn't it be clear at a glance?” In Sakura Country, a long-haired man in a dark red robe looked at the Japanese text on the Star Tower wall, his eyes flashing with light.

……

“Experts from different eras and different fighting categories from all over the world are gathered together. The world's top 1 to top 100 are completely listed, so there is no need for trash talk.” A bald man looked at the Rakshasa text on the tower wall, “I can also prove to the world that I am the most powerful human on the planet!”

……

“Even the nationality is displayed; the experts from various countries will compete like crazy. And there's so much prize money.”

“500 million, 100 million? Even the minimum of 10 million, if I get it, I’ll be rich. If it's in the bank, the annual interest will be hundreds of thousands.”

“So much money. If I get it, I can pay off my loan!”

“Hurry in and try. Maybe a miracle will happen?”

“Blue Star Alliance is awesome, giving out so much prize money!”

“First come, first served, charge!”

“Be the first one!”

Countless people around the world looked at the words on the Star Tower wall and became restless, swarming into the Star Tower. Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, Lei Yunfang, Gao Chong, Yang Qingshuo, and others also entered the Star Tower one by one.

******

The first level of the Star Tower was a vast grassland.

A figure descended, it was Xu Jingming, shrouded in hazy light and shadows.

“Xu Jingming, please choose your weapon and equipment.” A voice sounded.

Xu Jingming familiarly tapped on the panel, and he put on dark red armor and held a long spear in his hand. In team battles, double shields sometimes played a greater role in coordinating with teammates. But if he was completely relying on himself to kill enemies, a single spear was better. Without carrying double shields, the burden would also be much lighter.

“Whoosh.” After selecting his equipment, gray wolves appeared in the distance, more than a hundred of them, appearing and disappearing in the grass, staring at Xu Jingming while approaching.

“A pack of wolves?”

Xu Jingming held the spear, observing, “These gray wolves are more than two meters long, and their shoulder height is about one meter two. It seems that their agility is far beyond that of wolves in reality. Well, ordinary wolves would be too weak to deal with evolved humans.”

The pack of wolves was approaching, and naturally spread out to form an encirclement.

“Awoo—”

Accompanied by the howl of the alpha wolf, the gray wolves finally charged. Their figures appeared and disappeared in the lush weeds, moving at great speed.

They all had cold eyes, filled with killing intent.

“Are you giving me a chance to practice my spear techniques?” Xu Jingming smiled and took the initiative to step forward. His speed increased rapidly in just a few steps, blurring his figure as he ran.

“Roar.”

The moment the two sides approached, six gray wolves pounced at him.

Puff, puff, puff!

Xu Jingming moved his long spear. The spear shadows danced, and almost instantly, the long spear seemed to split into six! The six wolves that rushed up first seemed to be pierced through their bodies at the same time, and they rolled powerlessly to the side.

“They are much weaker than the bandits in my virtual world. Their basic combat strength is probably only around 200?” Xu Jingming thought as he held the long spear and charged through the pack of wolves. Wherever he passed, the spear shadows flickered continuously, and gray wolves fell dead.

Since these gray wolves were so large, at most eight or nine of them could attack him at the same time. With Xu Jingming’s speed, it was enough to kill them all. If three or five attacked separately, it would be even easier.

In just over ten breaths, only two lucky gray wolves were left in the huge pack. The two wolves were already whimpering softly, and fled away.

“First level passed, preparing to enter the second level of the Star Tower.” A voice sounded.

At this moment, Xu Jingming's body was restored, and even the blood stains on the spear disappeared.

“The first level is really simple.” Xu Jingming thought to himself, and suddenly thought of his girlfriend, “It may not be very friendly to newbies like Miaomiao.”

For Li Miaomiao, even one of these large gray wolves was quite intimidating.

More than a hundred wolves attacking at once?

Too cruel for newbies!

“Whoosh.”

The scene in front of Xu Jingming changed, and he had already arrived at the second level of the Star Tower.